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Okay, this is a dumb question... but I'm teaching a summer 6th grade language arts class that uses a computer lab, and this question has come up. What is the correct plural of computer mouse? Is it 'mice' or 'mouses'?
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'Mice' or 'Mouses'
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mystery_stain 
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Posted 30 July 2003 - 10:14 PM
The Dictionary built into OS X Sherlock says either is fine. (A teacher can make good use of Sherlock! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif )
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Posted 31 July 2003 - 07:29 PM
Well, I've always used "mice". "Mouses" just sounds too weird to me.
"All the mouses in the computer lab are optical"
"All the mice in the computer lab are optical"
Mice just sounds nice.
Hey, isn't it weird that "moose" is the plural of "moose", not "meese", while "geese" is the plural of "goose", not "goose"?
And "mice" is the plural of "mouse", while "houses" is the plural of "house", not "hice"?
I love the English language. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
"All the mouses in the computer lab are optical"
"All the mice in the computer lab are optical"
Mice just sounds nice.
Hey, isn't it weird that "moose" is the plural of "moose", not "meese", while "geese" is the plural of "goose", not "goose"?
And "mice" is the plural of "mouse", while "houses" is the plural of "house", not "hice"?
I love the English language. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Posted 31 July 2003 - 09:30 PM
Actually to be gramatically correct it would be mouses. Mice is the plural for a mouse (meaning the rodent). However, we are talking about a piece of technology that is called a mouse. So when speaking of more than one mouse you would say mouses. You can also look in the dictionary and it will tell you under the "computer science" definition that the plural for a mouse is mouses.
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Posted 01 August 2003 - 03:45 PM
Unless you're expecting Ed Meese and his family over for dinner.
"Who's coming?"
"Why, the Meeses, of course."
Chris
"Who's coming?"
"Why, the Meeses, of course."
Chris
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Posted 02 August 2003 - 02:02 AM
Whenever discussing this I always like to quote from Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (to wit):
"And he took everything from the Whos' houses
Leaving only crumbs too small for their mouses"
"And he took everything from the Whos' houses
Leaving only crumbs too small for their mouses"
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Posted 02 August 2003 - 08:58 AM
lol.. you know.. i never really thought of that... now that i do.. it makes me wonder.. Did the Who's have computers??? and if so, since when did a Mouse require food - i mean it is not a living thing... ha ha /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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